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Chapter Sixteen
🦎 Abomination 🦎

Stiles's Jeep sat atop a rotary lift as Tucker uses an impact gun to break free a particularly tight bolt on the exhaust. Pushing through the door of the waiting room, Stiles waved his hands, trying to get Tucker's attention. "Hey! Hey Wh-what do you think you're doing? All I needed was a starter!" Stiles yelled as he walked over to Tucker. 

"Yeah, but it looks like your whole exhaust system has gotta be replaced here." Tucker said, making Stiles sigh, "Why do I get the feeling you're slightly overestimating the damage?" Stiles asked. 

"It's probably gonna run you around like twelve-hundred in parts and labor." Tucker said, making Stiles scoff, "Are you kidding? This thing doesn't have a catalytic converter! And yes, I know what a catalytic converter is and no, my sister didn't tell me what it is." Stiles said. "Do you know what a "limited slip differential" is?" Tucker asked condescendingly, making Stiles awkwardly purse his lips, "No.." 

"Yeah, it's coming on more like fifteen-hundred." Tucker said, making Stiles sigh in annoyance, "Just finish. I'll be back here. Seething with impotent rage." Stiles said and walked away. He goes to grab the waiting room door handle, but his hand slips on a clear, sap-like substance. "Nice. Sanitary. Quality establishment you're running here." Stiles called back but Tucker was obviously not listening. 

"Can you deal with your boss? Or at least work on the jeep yourself?" Stiles asked as he walked back into the waiting area where Sawyer was sitting in the chair behind the desk, her feet up on the desk while Anakin had his head on her lap. "You know today was supposed to be my day off, right? That's the whole reason I brought it here." Sawyer said and Stiles scoffed lightly. 

"Well can you at least make sure your workplace is clean? I don't even want to know what was on the door knob." He said, making Sawyer furrow her brows slightly as she got up to walk over to the door. She opened it and looked at the handle before cringing slightly. "Gross." She said before getting a nearby hand towel to wipe it off, accidentally getting some on her hand. 

"Damn..." She mumbled as she wiped her hand off while Stiles looked over at some pictures on the wall. One of the first ones he noticed was a picture of Sawyer leaning against the car she has been working on. The next one was of Tucker in a Beacon Hills Lacrosse Uniform, making hom scoff. 

"Figures." He said, making Sawyer look over and hum slightly, "Yeah, don't ask him about his high school days. He can get very cocky." She said and Stiles chuckled sarcastically. "Why am I not surprised?" He said as reached into his pocket for his phone and started to type something but oddly, he can't seem to curl his thumb. 

"What the..." 

He takes the phone with his left hand while trying to flex the fingers of his right. But when both hands lose strength, the phone slips from his grasp and clatters to the floor. Hearing the thud, Sawyer turned back to him to see him looking down at his hands confused, "What's wrong?" She asked as Anakin ran over to them.

"I- I can't move my hands." He said as she walked over to him before Stiles glanced out the window to see Tucker digging through a tool chest while above him, something moved inside the Jeep. 

Perched within, a shadowy figure A reaches its muscular arm through the open window. "Hey- Hey!" Stiles yells, making Sawyer follow his train of sight. Tucker looked up as the creature darts out of the Jeep's window. Tail whipping about, a clawed hand slashes at the back of Tucker's neck, knocking him to the floor. 

Almost simultaneously, Stiles falls to his knees in the waiting room as the paralysis takes hold. He collapses, face hitting the floor, "Stiles!" Sawyer said and she got down next to him. Sawyer looked up through the window to see the same paralysis overtaking her boss, making her quickly grab Stiles's phone and start to call their dad. 

Unable to move, Tucker watches the creature slip underneath the Jeep. Using a single claw, it severs a cord attached to the lift. Black hydraulic fluid showers down and the Jeep begins to lower toward Tucker's frozen body. 

"Sawyer..." Stiles struggled to say, making her look at him she followed his train of sight to see the jeep getting closer to Tucker. "No, no, no, no." She mumbled and got up and ran over to the door but froze when a figure suddenly appeared outside the door. 

Reptilian eyes staring back at her, as Stiles sucks in a frightened breath. Anakin ran over and started barking, making Sawyer quickly grab him and pull him away, unable to take her eyes off the lizard-like creature. Sawyer sucked in a shaky breath they could hear Tucker's screams fill the garage. 

The creature suddenly took off as Stilinski's voice came through Stiles's phone. "Stiles?" Stilinski asked and Sawyer slot brought the phone up to her ear as she looked over at where Tucker laid, "Dad? Something happened at the mechanics..." 

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Under the flare of red and blue lights from Deputy Sheriff cars, Sawyer and Stiles sat in the back of an ambulance. He flexes his now mobile hand while they talked to their father. "I told you, I just- we walked in, and I saw the Jeep on top of the guy. That's all." Stiles said and Stilinski sighed softly as he glanced at his daughter who had a distant look on her face as she mindlessly petted Anakin to stay calm. 

"What's wrong with your hand?" Stilinski asked, making both Stiles and Sawyer glance down at his hand before shaking his head. "Nothing. Can we get out of here now? I don't think Sawyer should have to hang around here any longer." Stiles asked and his father looked at his kids concerned. "If there's something you don't feel like you can tell me." He said and Stiles raised his eyebrows slightly. 

"You think I'm lying?" 

"No, of course not. I'm just worried about you both. Now, if you saw someone do this, if you're afraid that maybe they're gonna come back and make sure you don't say anything about it." Stilinski said and Sawyer shook her head after a few seconds, "We didn't see anything- at all. Can we go now, please?" Sawyer asked and Stilinski nodded. 

"Yeah, but not in your Jeep. We're going to have to impound it." Stilinski said, making Stiles start to protest, "Sorry, kiddo. Evidence." Stilinski said before walking away. "Well, make sure they wash it!" Stiles called out, before looking at his sister, "You okay?" He asked and she took a deep breath before furrowing her brows slightly. 

"Does this mean I'm the boss now?" She asked, making him chuckle and shake his head slightly before Sawyer sighed, "Why didn't I get paralyzed?" She asked, making him look at her confused. "What?" He asked and she looked at him, "You touched whatever was on the door and ended up getting paralyzed. Tucker must have too. But I toughed it too, and I never got paralyzed." She said and he furrowed his brows slightly as he thought about it. 

A few minutes later, Melissa's car pulls up with Scott behind the wheel. Stiles got into the passenger side, slamming it closed while Sawyer climbed into the back. Scott watches his friends, concerned, "You guys okay?" He asked and they nodded. 

"You were right. It's not like you. Its eyes were almost... reptilian. But there was something about them." Stiles said, making Scott look at him confused, "What do you mean?" He asked. "You know when you see, like, a friend in a Halloween mask, but all you can see are their eyes? And you feel like you know 'em, but you just can't figure out who it is?" Sawyer asked and Scott raised his eyebrow, "Are you saying you know who it is?" He asked and the twins shook their heads. 

"No, but I think it knew us." 

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"I'm so sorry about the other day. I'm trying. We'll get through this. Uh, I know, because I love you. I love you more than-" Sawyer said as she looked at Scott as they, Stiles and Anakin sat on the stairs before she cut herself off and groaned in disgust. 

"Oh, my God, I can't. You and Allison just have to find a better way to communicate. Or at least not use me as an owl, I'm way too gay to be saying these things to you." Sawyer said and Scott gave her a look, "Come on, you and Stiles are the only ones that we can trust. Is she coming to the game tonight?" He asked and Sawyer nodded. 

"Yes, now shut up about it." She said and Stiles nodded slightly, "Okay, message complete. Now, tell us about your boss." Stiles said. "He thinks that Allison's family keeps some kind of, uh, records of all the things that they've hunted, like a book." Scott said and Sawyer nodded. "Yeah, he probably means a Bestiary." She said and Scott looked at her confused, "What?" He asked. 

"A Bestiary." Stiles said and Scott giggled slightly and raised his eyebrows, "I think you mean bestiality." He said making Sawyer look at him weird. "Nope, we mean a Bestiary. It's like an encyclopedia of mythical creatures." Sawyer said and Scott sighed exasperatedly, "How am I the only one who doesn't know anything about this stuff?" He asked. 

"Okay, you're our best friend, you're a creature of the night... It's kind of, like, a priority of ours." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "Okay. If we can find it, and it can tell us what this thing is." Scott said. "And who." Sawyer said and they all looked at each other, "We need that book." They all said before Stiles ran off to talk to Allison. 

Sawyer and Scott grabbed their bags and Anakin's leash before they started walking down the hall. "Should I be concerned that bestiality was the first thing your mind went to?" Sawyer asked and Scott shrugged, "They sounded really similar." Scott said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows. 

"Sure, to a deaf person." Sawyer said and Scott gave her a look before Stiles ran up to them. "Seen her grandfather... with a book like that..." He said, breathlessly and Sawyer nodded. "Makes sense. Where does he keep it?" She asked and Stiles took a deep breath before running off again. Sawyer and Scott watched him run off before glancing at each other, "At least it's not me doing this." She said. 

A couple minutes later, Scott and Sawyer stood at Scott's locker when Stiles ran up to them again, more breathless than before. "She says... has to be... office..." Stiles said before dramatically gasping, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows, "Need an inhaler?" She asked and he instantly nodded, making her pull out an inhaler from the pouch on Anakin's vest. 

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Against the brilliant glow of the lights, the body of a Beacon Hills mid-fielder soars gracefully up and then crashes brutally down. "I'm so glad I got to use the 'too traumatized from seeing my boss die to play' card." Sawyer mumbled as she and Stiles cringed from over on the benches, she had dropped Anakin off at home before the game started, due to the plan they had. 

Behind them, the parents of Beacon Hills look on with abject terror. The reason why- a huge player on the opposing team. He's a dense combination of fat and muscle, towering over all the other boys. "Come on! Is that thing even a teenager? I want to see a birth certificate!" Coach tells but the ref blows the whistle, ignoring him. Fuming, Coach sits on the bench next to Stiles. "Who or what is that genetic experiment gone wrong?" Coach asked. 

"Eddie Obomowitz, Coach. They call him The Abomination." Stiles answered, "Oh, that's cute." Coach said, making Sawyer chuckle. 

Sawyer glanced back at Allison to see the girl looking at her with a nod, "Let's go." Sawyer said and Stiles nodded and got up, walking over to where Allison sat. Allison gives a nod to her grandfather while her hand eases down and drops the keys to Stiles, right underneath the bleachers. 

The two quickly ran through the parking lot but Sawyer stopped when she noticed Lydia sitting in her parked car crying. "You can go check on her if you want." Stiles said, making Sawyer look at him, "You sure?" She asked and Stiles nodded. Sawyer nodded slightly and jogged over to Lydia's window. 

"Hey, what's wrong?" Sawyer asked and Lydia turned away and rolled her window up making Sawyer sigh. "Lydia, come on." Sawyer said and Lydia shook her head, "Just go away." Lydia said but Sawyer didn't move as she leaned her arm above the window. "What's wrong?" Sawyer asked and Lydia shook her head, "Look, I don't need anyone seeing me cry." Lydia said. 

"Lydia, you shouldn't care if people see you cry, especially you." Sawyer said, making Lydia look at her, "Why?" She asked in a slight whisper. "Because you still look really beautiful when you cry." Sawyer said, making Lydia stare at her for a moment before rolling her window down. 

"You're gonna think I'm crazy..." Lydia said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows, "Trust me when I say, nothing will make me think you're crazy." Sawyer said and Lydia sighed softly. "I keep seeing the man who attacked us and it's not like he's stalking me... It's like- like-" Lydia said and Sawyer nodded, "Like you're being haunted by him..." Sawyer said, making Lydia look at her. 

"Yeah." Lydia said and Sawyer nodded and sighed, "If it makes you feel any better, I've seen him too." Sawyer said and Lydia looked at her for a moment. "You are?" She asked and Sawyer nodded, "That and more." She said and Lydia scoffed lightly. "That's another thing, I know you, Allison, Jackson, even Scott and your brother are hiding something." Lydia said and Sawyer sighed softly. 

She went to say something but she had a distant feeling and she heard the distant sound of water splashing. She glanced back at the school before taking a deep breath and looking at Lydia. "Can you just give me five minutes?" Sawyer asked, making Lydia look at her slightly offended and in disbelief. 

"I know, I'm sorry... Just, but, just stay here. Continue crying- or not crying, if you want, or whatever works for you- um, but just stay here, and I will be right back, and then we can talk about anything and everything. And I mean everything. Yeah?" Sawyer rambled slightly and Lydia just looked annoyed as she nodded slightly. 

"Okay, just five minutes." Sawyer said before quickly running off towards the school. She ran over to the principal's office to see the door wide open and the room empty. "Stiles?" She called out but she suddenly heard a thud coming from the pool area. 

Walking down the hall she pushed open the doors to see Stiles holding Derek up in the middle of the pool and Erica off to the side passed out. "What happened?" Sawyer asked making them look at her before Stiles' eyes widened. 

"Sawyer! Sawyer, get in the pool!' Stiles yelled making her furrow her brows in confusion, "Why?" Sawyer asked. "Because it's here!" He said and before she could say anything she heard a hiss behind her. She turned around to see the glorified lizard from last night making her sigh. 

"Okay..." Sawyer sighed as she took her shoes off before she took a step towards the pool but the thing hissed and darted in front of her making her stop. The thing let out a low hiss before circling her making her sigh softly. She stared at the creature as she slowly picked up her shoe, "What are you doing?" Sawyer asked and she took a deep breath, "The only thing I can think of." She said before she forcefully threw the shoe at the creature. 

It stunned it for a moment causing her to make a beeline to the pool, but the creature got over the initial stun and chanced after her. But before he could catch up to her, she quickly jumped into the pool. A moment later she resurfaced and took a deep breath before swimming over to Stiles and Derek. 

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Energy waning, a breathless Stiles adjusts his grip on Derek, "I don't know how much longer I can do this." Stiles said in a breathless whisper. As the creature continues to circle the pool, Stiles glances to his phone on the wet tile nearby which Derek and Sawyer noticed. "No, no, no. Don't even think about it." Derek growled, making Stiles sigh in frustration. 

"Would you just trust me this once?" Stiles asked making Derek look at him like he was stupid, "No!" Derek said, making Sawyer just sigh and roll her eyes at the two of them. "Before Sawyer came. I was the one keeping you alive, okay? Did you notice that?" Stiles argued. 

"Yeah, and when the paralysis wears off, who is gonna be able to fight that thing- you or me?" Derek argued back, making Stiles scoff. While they were busy arguing Sawyer had managed to slip away from them. "Where did Sawyer go?" Stiles asked once he noticed Sawyer wasn't with them anymore. They looked over to see her quietly climbing out of the pool. 

She kept her eyes on the creature that wasn't looking at them as she sat on the edge of the pool and reached over to grab Stiles's phone. As soon as she grabbed it the creature turned and let out a hiss before charging over to her making her quickly jump back into the pool, keeping the phone above water. 

She dialed Scott's number and brought the phone up to her ear. It ran a few times until Scott answered, "Scott-" she started to say but he cut her off, "Hey, can't talk right now." He said before hanging up. She looked at the phone in disbelief before scoffing, "Are you kidding me?" 

She shook her head then tossed the phone outside the pool before swimming back over to Stiles and Derek. "Please tell me you got him." Derek said and she shook her head. "He hung up on me." She said, making them sigh. 

After a little while it kept getting harder and harder to stay up, the three of them kept dipping under the surface. "I can't- I can't stay up. I need to hold on to something." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "The diving board. Try to reach." Derek said. 

Freeing one hand, Stiles and Sawyer swam toward the diving board. But when Stiles reaches up to grab it, his fingers slip. They all go under, descending into the dark when two hands burst down through the surface. Both Derek and Stiles surge out of the water and land sprawling onto the tile floor, Sawyer following close behind. 

"About damn time." Sawyer said as she saw Scott crouched on the diving board, now a full werewolf. He rises up with claws out and lets loose a loud roar, challenging the overgrown lizard creature as it approaches from the shadows. 

But the thing is unbelievably fast and surprisingly strong. Scott leaps up to meet it in mid-air. Both crash to the tile floor, clawing and snarling at each other. The creature wraps a tail around Scott's leg and lifts him right off the floor with it. Scott hurdles back, tossed into a wall mirror causing the glass to shatter and fragments rain down. 

The creature inches forward for the kill. Desperate, Scott grabbed one of the larger mirror shards to use as a weapon. The creature pauses, focusing on its own reflection in the glass, almost as if confused by it. 

Baring a fearsome set of double-rowed teeth, the creature hisses at itself and retreats back. It leaps onto the wall, crawling across it like a spider, the creature darts out one of the high windows and disappears into the night. 

With a breath of relief, Scott lets the mirror shard fall to the floor. Then turns back to see an exhausted Stiles and still weak Derek slowly pulling himself to his feet while Sawyer just stayed laying flat on the ground. 

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Scott plugs the USB drive into his laptop on the hood of his mother's car while Stiles and Sawyer look over his shoulder. A document pops up on the screen, pages and pages of strange black and white images amid thick paragraphs of almost illegible text. 

"Is that even a language?" Sawyer asked while Scott sighed, "How are we supposed to figure out what this thing is?" Scott asked and then Derek spoke up behind them. "It's called a Kanima." Derek said, making them turn around to look at him and Erica.

"You knew the whole time?" Stiles asked incredulously, "No. Only when it was confused by its own reflection." Derek said, making Sawyer nod slightly. "It doesn't know what it is." She said and Derek nodded, "Or who." He said. "What else do you know?" Stiles asked and Derek shrugged, "Just stories, rumors." He answered. "But it's like us?" Scott asked and Derek raised his eyebrows, "A shapeshifter? Yes. But it's-it's not right. It's like a..." 

"An abomination." Stiles said and Derek nodded before he and Erica went to leave but Scott stopped him. "Derek? We need to work together on this. Maybe even tell the Argents." Scott said, making Derek scoff, "You trust them?" 

"Nobody trusts anyone! That's the problem! While we're here, arguing about who's on what side, there's something scarier, stronger, and faster than any of us, and it's killing people, and we still don't even know anything about it!" Scott said and Derek just shook his head. 

"I know one thing- when I find it...I'm gonna kill it." Derek said before walking off.